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Team Sports

Men Champion
Basketball Soviet Union
 United States
 Cuba
Field Hockey West Germany
 Pakistan
 India
Handball Yugoslavia
 Czechoslovakia
 Romania
Soccer Poland
 Hungary
 East Germany / Soviet Union*
Volleyball Japan
 East Germany
 Soviet Union
Water Polo Soviet Union
 Hungary
 United States
*East Germany and the Soviet Union declared joint bronze medallists as result was still a draw at end of extra time.
Women Champion
Volleyball Soviet Union
 Japan
 North Korea

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